The reasonableness gap is: Select one: A. B. C. The difference between what financial statement users believe the audit provides and what an audit actually provides. The gap comprising deficient performance and deficient standards. The gap between what society can reasonably expect auditors to accomplish and what they are perceived to achieve. D. The gap between what society expects auditor to achieve and what they can reasonably be expected to achieve

The reasonableness gap is: Select one: A. B. C. The difference between what financial statement users believe the audit provides and what an audit actually provides. The gap comprising deficient performance and deficient standards. The gap between what society can reasonably expect auditors to accomplish and what they are perceived to achieve. D. The gap between what society expects auditor to achieve and what they can reasonably be expected to achieve

Contemporary Auditing

11th Edition

ISBN:9781337650380

Author:KNAPP

Publisher:KNAPP

Chapter7: Professional Issues

Section7.1: Ligand Pharmaceuticals

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